Diego Armando Maradona Jr has stepped down as manager of the Italian amateur team Napoli United, which he coached for two seasons, after 4 months of unpaid wages from management.
In 2021, Maradona Junior took over the coaching staff of Napoli United, an amateur team founded in 2009 to promote a sense of social inclusion through sport among immigrants, asylum seekers and young people at risk of isolation living in the city of Naples.
Diego Junior said in a statement on his official Instagram account: “How strange that you have a passion for doing your job, training and accomplishing every day, and in the end you don’t get paid.”
Nearly two seasons after starting his adventure as a coach, the Argentine legend’s son was forced to leave the project after 4 months of unpaid wages, a journey he metaphorically described: “from the stars to the stables.” “
In a statement, he added: “This is how I can sum up my experience at Napoli United… a club that I have respected and loved since I was born.”
And Napoli United issued a statement saying: “After a long discussion and with great regret, we have had to accept the resignation of manager Diego Armando Maradona Jr and his team.”
He added: “We are aware of the degree of their high professionalism over the past two years, especially in difficult times, from an organizational and economic point of view … We wish them all the best in this world, which, as we all know, is difficult, but for We need more professionals like this.”
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